Terror Debate

Thursday, September 16, 2004

Addressing the root causes

Here's an article by Steven Stalinsky, the director of Memri - which translates Arab language news so English readers can better understand Arab viewpoints on terrorism. After detailing many ways in which Egyptian newspapers, academics and pop singers claim that 9/11 involved no Arabs, and was a plot by Jews and/or the US government, he summarizes:

Since September 11, 2001 many have asked "Why do they hate us?" The answer that is almost always overlooked is that the Arab media, along with schoolbooks and sermons, espouses never-ending incitement of and lies about America.

Maybe we should use the $3B in aid we send to Egypt annually for something different. Spend it on our own schools.